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Umma
ancient city-state, Mesopotamia
Also known as: Tell Jokha
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development of Mesopotamian civilization
- In Sumer
Umma, Lagash, Bad-tibira, and Larsa. Each of these states comprised a walled city and its surrounding villages and land, and each worshipped its own deity, whose temple was the central structure of the city. Political power originally belonged to the citizens, but, as rivalry between…
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…with its neighbour and rival, Umma.
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rites of Tammuz
- In Tammuz
…bce) in the city of Umma (modern Tell Jokha), the marriage of the god was dramatically celebrated in February–March, Umma’s Month of the Festival of Tammuz. During the Isin-Larsa period (c. 2004–c. 1792 bce), the texts relate that in the marriage rite the king actually took on the identity of…
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